For 14 years, Doug Pearson has had five days off a week. He lives in a house he built himself, with a basement he dug by hand. He grounds his own wheat, and travels everywhere by bike. “It’s kind of like the back to the earth movement from the ’50s […]
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Science isn’t something that interests me a great deal but when I walked into the first Crossroads science fair last Wednesday afternoon, I was absolutely amazed at the projects. Students in grades four-eight had entered the science fair, which meant about 125 projects that had to be viewed and judged. […]
Everyone aged 15 to 29 who’s ever thought of starting their own business can get take a step in the right direction by attending the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s youth entrepreneurship workshop March 16 at the Red Dog Inn. “It’s a free workshop based on youth getting their own […]
“Joan Allison and her special events committee put the ‘fun’ in fundraising,” Teresa Hazel told guests attending Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s third-annual fundraiser dinner here Saturday night. More than 200 guests raised over $21,000 in support of district hospital projects but Hazel said the real success of this year’s […]
Even though the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition may not have funding in place to support a co-ordinator after April 1, its office moved from the Northwestern Health Unit to more spacious digs above Betty’s earlier this week. The new 750 sq. ft. office, located at 266 Scott St., gives […]
Frans Ludvig Hahr entered into eternal rest in his 95th year at the Sundre Hospital in Sundre, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 25, 2000. Frans is survived by his wife, Olga Maria (Persson); son, Alf and wife, Irene, of Sundre, Alta.; daughter, Ann Moore and husband, Bill, of Lynden, Ont.; grandchildren, […]
On Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, William Druzyk Sr., 92, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence. Bill was born to John and Rose Druzyk on Dec. 19, 1907 in Vita, Man. He moved to Fort Frances, Ont., in 1927 and began work as a sawyer for Mando paper […]
Lottie Alvina Larocque, 102, passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 at Dufferin Place, Nanaimo, B.C. She was born Sept. 26, 1897 in Langford, Liberty Township, South Dakota to Otto and Baro Ottoson. The family moved to Minnesota in 1904, then Canada in 1905, settling in the Blackhawk, Ont. area. In […]
James E. (Jim) McLay of Victoria, B.C. passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2000. Born Aug. 19, 1930 in Devlin, Ont., Jim served in the navy for several years. He was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his six children, Lynn, Donna, Karen, Jimmy, Bobby, and Ian; brother, Alan; […]
Steve Fadyk, 72, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Mesa, Ariz., where he was a winter visitor. He was born Jan. 13, 1928 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Mary and Harry Fadyk, where he grew up. He later moved to International […]
Despite battling injury and the ’flu in preparation for last weekend’s Minnesota State Powerlifting Championships in Duluth, Dean Patrow combined to lift 1,700 pounds to lead the 48-person field. Patrow, 43, of Fort Frances–now setting his sights on the Canadian championships in Taber, Alta. in May–stole the show at the […]
Trailing 6-0 after just two ends to Dorothy Holmgren, the odds of Lois Tabak winning her first-ever ladies’ curling bonspiel definitely weren’t in her favour. True, she managed to score three in the third end to cut the lead in half but then gave up one in the fourth and […]
